Well, obvsiously you didn't show up to the Society of Midwest Contesters Party on Saturday night. I don't think there were too many folks in the room over 50. Most were in their 30s or 40s. I wouldn
What's the average age of the US population as a whole? Something tells me the two somewhat track each other. The core of the Baby Boom generation is reaching their 50's now. So saying that an aging
Well, obvsiously you didn't show up to the Society of Midwest Contesters Party on Saturday night. I don't think there were too many folks in the room over 50. Most were in their 30s or 40s. I wouldn
What's the average age of the US population as a whole? Something tells me the two somewhat track each other. The core of the Baby Boom generation is reaching their 50's now. So saying that an aging
[snip] I've jumped in just recently to this discussion so forgive me if I have missed part of this. What is so liddish and obnoxious about using the last two letters of your call when trying to get a
Agreed. This can sure be a way to encourage people not to listen to the call! I've been tempted myself to not listen to the DX station's call but rather just copy it from the cluster. However, my pur
Thanks for the education and elmering, Trey! Your full response makes a lot of sense. 73, Jon KE9NA -- Jon Ogden KE9NA http://www.qsl.net/ke9na <-- CHECK IT OUT! It's been updated!!!!! "A life lived
Your condescending attitude really stinks my friend. Whether a person likes phone or not has nothing to do with their mental ability. I've never operated a CW only contest (used CW in some mixed mode
[snip] I've jumped in just recently to this discussion so forgive me if I have missed part of this. What is so liddish and obnoxious about using the last two letters of your call when trying to get a
Agreed. This can sure be a way to encourage people not to listen to the call! I've been tempted myself to not listen to the DX station's call but rather just copy it from the cluster. However, my pur
Thanks for the education and elmering, Trey! Your full response makes a lot of sense. 73, Jon KE9NA -- Jon Ogden KE9NA http://www.qsl.net/ke9na <-- CHECK IT OUT! It's been updated!!!!! "A life lived
Your condescending attitude really stinks my friend. Whether a person likes phone or not has nothing to do with their mental ability. I've never operated a CW only contest (used CW in some mixed mode
OK, I've been straightened out! Gee, this one was worse than not knowing about the "last two!" :-) Thanks to all who have straightened me out on the Dr. And to the Doctor himself: I did get a good la
While I agree that one should get points for QSOing "further" away from home, someone somewhere is always going to get shafted. The guys in the Netherland's Antilles are hard to beat cause they get 3
But let's face it, you and I and everyone knows that virtually NO ONE gives "rea" signal reports during contests or even DX-Peditions (happens a little more here). If you can copy them it's "59." The
Hi guys, The 1998 ARRL 10M and 1999 RTTY Roundup scores are available on the ARRL members only webpage. Congrats to Dan, N1ND, for doing a great job. According to the article, the 10M contest was the
Dick, This brings up a good question I have always had and don't know the answer to: What contact is the official one? The first QSO or the dupe? I generally don't even bother to log the dupe QSOs. I
Technically, speaking, Trey I think you are correct. It is incumbent upon BOTH stations to make sure that ALL info is correctly logged. However, in such a case as I get your call right, but you don't
The "penalty" is that you don't get any points for an invalid contact. 73, Jon KE9NA -- The Second Amendment is NOT about duck hunting! Jon Ogden jono@enteract.com www.qsl.net/ke9na "A life lived in
Which is why I am REALLY beginning to like the bonus point scoring system that someone on here proposed. Each QSO is worth one point. However, if the logging software verifies the QSO in both station